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Amedore Sends Oath To Board Of Elections

It’s all a bit procedural, especially since Democrat Cecilia Tkaczyk hasn’t exhausted her legal options just yet, but Republican Senate candidate George Amedore says he’s filed for his oath of office today with the state Board of Elections.

Amedore is not a guaranteed state senator from the newly created 46th district just yet.

Tkaczyk still has her day in court on Monday as an appeals court hears her case following the certification by acting Montgomery County Judge Guy Tomlinson in Amedore’s favor by a mere 37 votes.

“Following the State Board of Elections certification of my election to the 46th Senate District, I filed my oath of office today to serve the families of Albany, Greene, Montgomery, Schenectady and Ulster counties,” Amedore said in a statement. “I have tremendous respect for the appellate process, and look forward to a swift decision. I am eager to get to work on behalf of my constituents so we can keep building on the progress we’ve made in turning New York around.”

Republicans would certainly like the case to be resolved by Wednesday, the first day of the legislative session as they work out the finer points of the new power-sharing agreement with the five-member Independent Democratic Conference. Democrats have sought — and failed to receive — an order to have judges legally block Amedore from taking a seat in the chamber.

The SD-46, which includes the Mohawk and Hudson valleys, is the final outstanding legislative race from November.

The Court’s failure to stay his swearing in has the potential to be a huge mistake. Let’s say that he begins to vote on bills next week, and the court battle goes all the way to the Court of Appeals. Let’s say that he is the deciding 32nd vote on several bills, and then the final court decision is, as I expect, a Tkaczyk victory.

What happens to those bills when he is unseated? What happens to those votes he’s cast?

The purpose of a court ordered injunction, like keeping him from
being sworn in while the case is pending, is to prevent irreparable
harm. The failure to grant it may cause chaos (more chaos?) in the
Senate.

http://www.vjmachiavelli.blogspot.com VJ Machiavelli

Rog wishful thinking, but then again you never know,

Before there was the “Oracle of Delphi” there was Count Vampire J. Machiavelli